Modeling the Interplay between Neurons and Glial Cells
In: European BioPerspectives, Annual Convention of Biotechologists, Book of Abstracts. P. 259, Poster Presentation, May, 2007
Authors
- Joachim Almquist
- Holger Becker
- Christian Salzig
- Henning Schmidt
Abstract
The traditional view of the glial cells as passive bystanders of neural transmission has been disproved by recent studies. A certain type of glial cell, the star shaped astrocyte, is now thought to play a number of active roles in its interplay with neurons. The aim of the neuron-glial project is to map out the different networks in the neuron-glial system and then develop mathematical models which are able to describe how these networks function, how they interact with each other, and predict how they react to stimuli. The long term goal of the modeling project is to obtain a physiologically based model that contributes to a better understanding of the biological processes and the mechanisms of diseases, and that can be applied to test the effects of drugs using computer simulations as a supplement to costly and time consuming biological experiments.
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BibTeX
@InProceedings{ AlmquistBeckerETAL07,
title = { Modeling the Interplay between Neurons and Glial Cells },
author = { Joachim Almquist and Holger Becker and Christian Salzig and Henning Schmidt },
booktitle = { European BioPerspectives, Annual Convention of Biotechologists, Book of Abstracts },
pages = { 259 },
note = { Poster Presentation },
month = may,
year = 2007,
}
This publication belongs to the project
NeuronGlial.
